The Perseverance of Inevitable Poverty is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Owl II The Owliest with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.893 billion Impoverished People are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaboom City. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Impoverished economy, worth 274 trillion Stones a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,780 Stones, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nobody knows why the caged decidueye sings, Inevitable Poverty is sometimes referred to as the global janitor, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and class action lawsuits have gone up in smoke thanks to government interference. Crime is totally unknown. Inevitable Poverty's national animal is the decidueye, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Stonism.

Inevitable Poverty is ranked 74,255^th in the world and 816^th in The North Pacific for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,004.38 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.